Currently, no detailed data on greenhouse gas emissions and greenhouse gas reduction potential in Austrian agriculture exists at the level of production processes and farms. Such data is necessary for a professional evaluation of environmentally and climate-relevant measures and will be developed through this project. Furthermore, the analyses planned within the project should enable a more precise assessment of the cost-benefit ratio of climate-relevant measures and solutions for greenhouse gas reduction.

Objectives of the research project:

• Revenue-adequate modeling of greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural production in Austria

• Creating a higher granularity of data on greenhouse gas emissions

• Analysis of different approaches to reducing emissions

• Demonstrating emission margins in production methods

• Assessment of the efficiency of measures (cost-benefit ratio)

• Coordination of national expertise in the field of agricultural greenhouse gases